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The right Tar Heel legacy
By Jeremy | March 27, 2007
He was the very first person I met at UNC. He was helping freshmen move into the dorms as a part of Intervarsity (a Christian ministry on campus). The elevators were all jammed up, so he helped me cart a refrigerator, futon, and all my other stuff (and girls have a lot of stuff) up NINE floors in the 100 degree heat. And he did it happily.I'm a huge fan of InterVarsity. First for personal reasons: I was active with InterVarsity all four undergraduate years at NYU. (This article shares some of that story). Second for ministry reasons: InterVarsity students were the famous "college students who paid to be our interns" the summer Generation Xcel opened, and they have provided dozens of interns and volunteers over the years since then. Third for Kingdom reasons. More than any other global ministry that I'm aware of, InterVarsity has intentionally built bridges cross-culturally here in the US. They consistently trailblaze towards racial reconciliation, social justice, and global missions. And, in my experience, they lead with an open hand, sharing resources at low or no cost with all who need access (most recently making available for FREE the audio and video from Urbana 2006). Does IVCF have challenges translating suburban campus ministry paradigms into urban commuter school contexts? Yes. Are they struggling to figure out alternative funding mechanisms for indigenous leadership development? No doubt. But they continue to wrestle through those issues. And because they do, lives continue to be changed, like the students Jason Ray touched.
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